ToX2 is the sequel to Tales of Xillia, the Tales JRPG that came out in North America almost exactly a year ago (also on the PS3). During development of the game, ToX2 was originally envisioned to be part of ToX, but in the end the game ended up being so long, it was separated into two different games. ToX2 takes place in the same universe a year after the events of ToX. More specifically, it takes place in Elympios, the tech-focused sister world to Rieze Maxia.While characters from the first game make appearances and are very much a part of the story, ToX has two new protagonists: Ludger and Elle. We’ll save more details on the story for the review, but suffice to say that though the story of ToX2 adds on to the story of ToX, it’s a fully self-sustained story in its own right. It’s absolutely not necessary to have played ToX before playing ToX2.

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